Sahih Muslim 974b

Translation

Shall I not tell you about myself and about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? We said, “Yes.” He said: She said: When it was my night, the night in which the Prophet ﷺ was with me, he returned, placed his cloak down, took off his sandals and put them by his feet, spread the edge of his waist-wrapper over his bed, and lay down. He remained only long enough to think that I had fallen asleep, then he took his cloak slowly, put on his sandals slowly, opened the door and went out, then closed it gently. I put my shift over my head, covered my head, wrapped my waist-wrapper around myself, and then set out following him until he came to al-Baqi. He stood there and lengthened his standing, then raised his hands three times. Then he turned away, so I turned away; he quickened his pace, so I quickened mine; he trotted, so I trotted; he hastened, so I hastened; then I got ahead of him and entered. No sooner had I lain down than he entered and said: “What is the matter with you, O Aish? Are you out of breath, with your chest heaving?” She said: I said, “Nothing.” He said: “You must tell me, or the Subtle, the All-Aware will surely inform me.” She said: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you,” and I told him. He said: “So you were the dark figure I saw ahead of me?” I said, “Yes.” He gave me a shove in my chest that hurt me, then said: “Did you think that Allah and His Messenger would deal unjustly with you?” She said: Whatever people conceal, Allah knows it? “Yes.” He said: “Jibril came to me when you saw me; he called me, concealing it from you, and I answered him, concealing it from you. He would not enter upon you when you had put off your clothes. I thought you had fallen asleep, so I disliked waking you, and I feared that you would feel lonely. He said: Your Lord commands you to go to the people of al-Baqi and ask forgiveness for them.” She said: I said, “How should I speak to them, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Say: Peace be upon the inhabitants of these abodes, among the believers and the Muslims. May Allah have mercy on those of us who have gone ahead and those who come later, and we, if Allah wills, will surely join you.”

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 1767وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَيْفَ أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ تَعْنِي فِي زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ قَالَ: " قُولِي: السَّلَامُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَقْدِم

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Abi Dawud 3237Sahih Ibn Hibban 3171Musnad al-Bazzar 4374Musnad al-Bazzar 4376Musnad al-Bazzar 8305

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   سمعت
2. 2
   Muḥammad b. Qays b. Makhramah

   it is said: he saw the Prophet ﷺ (ruʾyah), deemed trustworthy (thiqah) by Abū Dāwūd and othersd. between 111 AH and 120 AH
   مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِيقال : له رؤية ، وقد وثقه أبو داود وغيره
   سمع
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh a man from Quraysh

   acceptable (maqbūl)d. after 120 AH, or after 122 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍمقبول
   عن
4. 4
   Ibn Jurayj

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), excellent (fāḍil); he used to commit concealment (tadlīs) and to narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 149 AH or 150 AH or 151 AH or 160 AH
   ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍثقة فقيه فاضل ، وكان يدلس ويرسل
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb al-Miṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابد
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Hārūn b. Saʿīd al-Aylī

   trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. before 250 AH, or: 253 AH
   هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّثقة فاضل
   حدثني
7. 7
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1767